Triton XX, Lot: 1493. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.31 g, 6h). Group III–IV. Portrait type. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Lul, moneyer. Struck circa 800-821. + COИVVLF REX (inverted Mercian m), diademed bust right / + LVL in angles of long cross fourchée, with beaded teardrop facing inwards around each letter. Naismith E10.1h (this coin); SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 335 var. (obv. legend); BMC 7–43 var. (same); North 362; SCBC 919 (this coin illustrated). VF, minor edge loss at 12 o’clock. Rich old tone. Very rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 52 (25 September 2007), lot 166.

The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.